Age-Adjusted Death Rates for Diabetic Ketoacidosis as Underlying Cause per 100,000 Diabetic Population, by Race and Sex, United States, 1980–2001
Trends show that black males are disproportionately affected by diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) mortality. From 1980 through 2001, age-adjusted death rates for DKA as underlying cause of death per 100,000 diabetic population was highest among black males and lowest among white females. In 2001, the DKA death rate for black males (56.5 per 100,000 diabetic population) was more than 3.5 times higher than that for white females (15.3 per 100,000 diabetic population) and about 2.5 times that for white males (21.7 per 100,000 diabetic population) and black females (22.6 per 100,000 diabetic population).
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Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), Division of Vital Statistics, mortality public-use data by underlying cause of death, and Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. U.S. Bureau of the Census, census of the population and population estimates and NCHS's bridged-race population estimates. Data computed by CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion.
Page last reviewed: March 26, 2007
